Two of my favourites from Audubon's 2018 Top 100 bird photos...

                                                                                                   Photo: Jacob McGinnis

I have never seen a photograph, or a live specimen,  of  a Golden-crowned Kinglet that looked anything like the  male pictured above by Jacob McGinnis, which he photographed at Cottage Lake Park in Woodinville, Washington.   I always saw this tiny bird's crown patch as a sliver of orange and yellow, if any colour was visible at all.

                                                                                               Photo: Bobby R. Harrison

Another one of Audubon's 2018 top 100 bird photos is the Snowy Egret, pictured above, by photographer Bobby R. Harrison, at St. Augustine Alligator Farm in Florida.   I feel that egrets have no idea that no other bird species can replicate the drama of their aigrette plumes.

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BarrytheBirder